Hypoxia means the lack of Oxygen supply to the tissue. Hypoxia is classified4 types on how it develops into a pathological condition: Hypoxic hypoxia: It is the condition where there is poor availability of Oxygen to the pulmonary tissues. Anemic Hypoxia: It is the condition of Hypoxia based on the Quantitative availability of Haemoglobin and [...]
Tongue piercing could be fatal
September 27, 2008 By 3 Comments
Tongue and Lip piercing are the new trend now in the young adults and with no age limit and no regulations governing the piercings it is easily available to everyone, it may look appealing but it is like inviting microorganisms into our blood stream as the oral cavity is richly supplied with blood vessels. It [...]
Thumb sucking in children
September 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Sucking on fingers or thumbs is healthy and normal when children are infants. Most children stop somewhere between two and four years of age. The effects of thumb sucking are usually reversible up until the age of seven, because children still have their deciduous (baby) teeth. If thumb sucking continues beyond the age of seven, [...]
Differences between male skull and female skull
September 24, 2008 By 4 Comments
Differences between male an female skull is very important in forensics to determine the sex of the skull which has been recovered. From our ancestors the differences in the skulls of males and females has been similar in obtaining different characteristics, which will be explained in the post below. We can look at many aspects [...]
Deglutition or Swallowing
September 18, 2008 By 2 Comments
Deglutition is also known as ‘Swallowing’, it is the process by which the food taken passing through the oral cavity into the Gastrointestinal tract. Deglutition is divided into 3 stages: Oral stage Pharyngeal stage Esophageal stage. The stages are divided into Voluntary and Involuntary stages Voluntary: Oral stage Involuntary: Pharyngeal stage Esophageal stage Oral Stage: [...]
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